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From: Matthias Geerdsen <vorlon@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200507-07 ] phpWebSite: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 11:31:56
Message-Id: 20050710111828.GA13533@kosh.atw.wh.local
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200507-07
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7 Severity: High
8 Title: phpWebSite: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: July 10, 2005
10 Bugs: #97461
11 ID: 200507-07
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15 Synopsis
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18 phpWebSite is vulnerable to the remote execution of arbitrary PHP
19 script code and to other, yet undisclosed, vulnerabilities.
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21 Background
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24 phpWebSite is a content management system written in PHP.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 www-apps/phpwebsite < 0.10.1-r1 >= 0.10.1-r1
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34 Description
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37 phpWebSite fails to sanitize input sent to the XML-RPC server using the
38 "POST" method. Other unspecified vulnerabilities have been discovered
39 by Diabolic Crab of Hackers Center.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker could exploit the XML-RPC vulnerability to execute
45 arbitrary PHP script code by sending specially crafted XML data to
46 phpWebSite. The undisclosed vulnerabilities do have an unknown impact.
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48 Workaround
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51 There is no known workaround at this time.
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53 Resolution
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56 All phpWebSite users should upgrade to the latest available version:
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58 # emerge --sync
59 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-app/phpwebsite-0.10.1-r1"
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61 References
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64 [ 1 ] CAN-2005-1921
65 http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1921
66 [ 2 ] phpWebSite announcement
67 http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu/index.php?module=announce&ANN_user_op=view&ANN_id=989
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69 Availability
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72 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
73 the Gentoo Security Website:
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75 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-07.xml
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77 Concerns?
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80 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
81 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
82 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
83 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
84 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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86 License
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89 Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
90 belongs to its owner(s).
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92 The contents of this document are licensed under the
93 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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95 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0